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Andrew Jackson, camp on Thompson's Creek, letter to Pathkiller :

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Description: Jackson is responding to Pathkiller's letter of October 22; approves of his sending spies to investigate fires. Jackson is leaving his encampment the following day and hopes to encounter hostile Creek Indians. Pathkiller (d. 1827) was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and served as a colonel under Jackson during the Creek War. This item appears to be a letter written and signed for Jackson by an amanuensis, or it may possibly be his own autograph altered as a result of gunshot wounds received in a recent fight with Jesse Benton and Thomas Hart Benton. The Papers of Andrew Jackson list this item as a copy.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1813 October 23.
Call number: mssHM 13424
Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Jackson, Jr. :

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Jackson is happy to hear that Sarah (Andrew Jackson Jr.'s wife Sarah Yorke Jackson) and Rachel (their daughter) are doing well. Provides instructions and guidance for various tasks at the Hermitage including sales of cotton crop and stock, use of stud colt, and the need for housing for fowl and stables. Jackson also mentions the illness of Sampson, an enslaved laborer at the Hermitage, and others (text damaged). Discusses financial details on purchase of land from Alexander. Jackson expresses his gratification that the tomb for Rachel Jackson is complete. Item is slightly damaged, some text missing.

mssHM 23117

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Andrew Jackson, Fort Strother, Mississippi Territory, letter to Rachel Jackson, Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee :

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Jackson reports on the current state of military affairs including conduct, desertion and apathy of the volunteer infantry and of contractors; the state of supplies, particularly beef and pork; his inability to advance. He also sends instructions regarding Lyncoya, a Creek Indian infant orphaned during the Creek War and adopted by Jackson in November 1813.

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Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., letter to Sarah Jackson :

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Jackson expresses concerns for Sarah Jackson's health and wellbeing and that of her daughter Rachel, regrets that they have left Washington, D.C., but glad they will be home; he also expresses gratitude for his daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Item was damaged and has been repaired.

mssHM 23118

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Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Jackson, Jr. :

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Sending updates on Sarah Jackson and family; the bulk of the letter discusses possible renovations to the Hermitage.

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Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Jackson, Jr., Hermitage :

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Sending updates on Sarah Jackson and the children and mentions that he has triumphed over his political enemies.

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Andrew Jackson, the Hermitage, letter to James Winchester :

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Jackson is reporting on rumors of the whereabouts of Aaron Burr, who is purportedly stopped at the mouth of the Cumberland River, and informing Winchester that he has been selected to be a confidential commanding officer and should be ready to move to intercept Burr. Jackson provides details of actions for the following days and a postscript mentions that he has received a letter from President Jefferson and that 240 men must be ready. This letter is a draft of a copy located at the Library of Congress, according to the Papers of Andrew Jackson.

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Andrew Jackson, camp on Thompson's Creek, letter to Pathkiller :

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